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Financial planning

HSBC Asset Management has signalled its intent to make further inroads into the international funds market with the launch of three new regionally based funds....

Financial planning

Former IOOF general manager Barry Sheehan is to take the wheel at HSBC Asset Management (Australia), replacing Robert DeHart who is retiring....

Financial planning

Assirt Research head of ratings Patrick Bennett will be leaving the group to take on a role in funds management with ING....

Superannuation

Superannuation is now the second most popular investment choice amongst Australians, falling just behind housing. ...

Financial planning

Tower Trust has signed up for Sanford’s Virtual Broker product to service Tower’s new online superannuation and portfolio management platform....

Financial planning

Merrill Lynch and HSBC’s joint venture investment site is the first to offer investors access to the UK and Canadian stock markets....

Financial planning

Assirt has a new chief executive officer for its research division, following changes from its sale last year to WealthPoint Data. ...

Financial planning

BT Portfolio Services and Zurich Financial Services have bagged the lion’s share of Investor Group’s outsourcing of support services for its financial planning division, ...

Financial planning

St George has expanded its distribution reach with the purchase of a 5 per cent stake in Virtual Communities for $18 million....

Financial planning

Phillips Fox insurance and financial services managing director Michael Gill has stepped down after 18 months in the job to focus on his legal practice....

Financial planning

The past five years will certainly remembered by financial services historians as the time our big institutions threw off the shackles of their mutual structures and demu...

Financial planning

Former Lend Lease Corporate Services chief executive Anthony Patterson will take on the role of distribution manager with Colonial First State, recently vacated by Coloni...

Financial planning

Hartley Poynton started as a stockbroking firm 45 years ago, but since then has grown into a company offering a broad range of services across the financial planning spec...

Financial planning

Assirt has signed its first deal since it was folded into the Wealthpoint group by announcing an alliance with doctrieve Corporation. Under the terms of the deal, Assirt...

Financial planning

THE 'COLONIALISATION of Norwich has continued with more appointments being filled by former members of the senior management team at Colonial....

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